Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules (Ars Techica)
Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules (Ars Techica)
Posted May 13, 2014 22:11 UTC (Tue) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)In reply to: Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules (Ars Techica) by jackb
Parent article: Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules (Ars Technica)
Any company with employees is going to require these employees to be recognised in the normal way with a normal contract, otherwise those employees are going to have difficulty getting, for example, a mortgage. Or even social security. So that leaves the freelancers.
It is true that a handful of freelancers may make the choice to try to avoid taxes this way, but it won't happen on any kind of scale. I doubt enough to attract the attention of the IRS specifically.
Posted May 13, 2014 22:33 UTC (Tue)
by jackb (guest, #41909)
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Oh man, you're right. Too bad nobody involved in the cryptocurrency movement has realized that could be a problem and started working on a solution.
Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules (Ars Techica)
While it's all very nice to theorise about companies without a physical location, they're are going run into problems. For example, this freelancer presumably has a contract with these foreign customers specifying terms of payment. Under what jurisdiction is this contract signed? What does he want to do if someone doesn't pay, or in some other way violates the contract? You could pick another country, but it's a PITA if you need to turn up in court.